Stories from Khaled Ahmed
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Two ‘crows’ of Czechoslovakia
Madeleine Albright’s family did not have a Hebrew name, took the name Korbel to ward off Jew-hating Slavs, Germans.
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Honour and shame
Honour and shame are interlinked. Sometimes they are two sides of the same coin.
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Middle class myths
Pakistani nationalism is tinged by Islam and anti-Indian passions. Nationalism is a middle-class exceptionalism.
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Origin of April Fools’ Day
No one knows how it came about but most think it is the old beginning of the year in the vernal equinox.
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